Progressive or continuous verb forms are be + present participle.
present continuous -- am/is are + present participle - I am watching you.
past continuous -- was/were + present participle - They were watching you
The progressive tense is formed using a combination of the auxiliary verb "to be" and the present participle form of the main verb. For example, "I am running" or "He is studying."
It has auxiliary verbs before present participle (-ing form of a verb).Examples with jumping as the present participle:The past perfect progressive is formed with had + been + jumping. I/we/you/he/she/it had been jumping.The present perfect progressive is formed with has/have + been + jumping. I/we/you/they have been jumping, he/she has been jumping.The future perfect progressive is formed with will + have + been + jumping. I/we/you/he/she/they will have been jumping.
"were" is a 'to be' verb
"are" is a verb to be in the present tense, used to indicate the plural form of a subject or for the second person singular.
"Spoke" is a verb in the past tense form. It is the simple past tense of the verb "speak."
The verb 'be' can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject with a subject complement that describes or renames it. As a helping verb, 'be' is used in progressive tenses and passive voice constructions to indicate the tense of the main verb.
It has auxiliary verbs before present participle (-ing form of a verb).Examples with jumping as the present participle:The past perfect progressive is formed with had + been + jumping. I/we/you/he/she/it had been jumping.The present perfect progressive is formed with has/have + been + jumping. I/we/you/they have been jumping, he/she has been jumping.The future perfect progressive is formed with will + have + been + jumping. I/we/you/he/she/they will have been jumping.
"were" is a 'to be' verb
"are" is a verb to be in the present tense, used to indicate the plural form of a subject or for the second person singular.
Travelled is the past tense form of the verb "travel".
"Spoke" is a verb in the past tense form. It is the simple past tense of the verb "speak."
It is the past tense form of report. Report is a regular verb.
The verb 'be' can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject with a subject complement that describes or renames it. As a helping verb, 'be' is used in progressive tenses and passive voice constructions to indicate the tense of the main verb.
Past tense words are verbs that indicate actions that happened in the past. These words typically end in "-ed" in English, such as "walked," "jumped," or "practiced."
An auxiliary verb is used to help the main verb form a tense. Examples include "be," "have," and "do."
The word kindness is the abstract noun form for the adjective kind.
Only verbs have past tenses, and the word kind is an adjective, hence it has no past tense. He is kind, he was kind, it's the same word.
Present continuous tense.